Galaxy Zoo: Hubble

Galaxy Zoo: Hubble

Apr 23

The Galaxy Zoo project has evolved once again. Galaxy Zoo: Hubble is the new incarnation of the Zooniverse's fantastic citizen science project. The latest Galaxy Zoo project continues to allow the public to help astronomers with real scientific research by getting to to visually classify galaxies online.

Galaxy Zoo 2

Galaxy Zoo 2

Feb 17

Galaxy Zoo 2 has launched and they're asking users to give more detail and therefore have more fun!

Spitzer’s Galaxy

Spitzer’s Galaxy

Jun 05

A fantastic image from the Spitzer Space Telescope (which you'll see all over the web today) of our own Milky Way galaxy. The team have release a Google Maps API type site that lets you browse the galaxy in the infrared with some guidance.

Galaxy Zoo Says Thanks

Galaxy Zoo Says Thanks

Jun 02

Galaxy Zoo has put up a sort of thank you poster to all its volunteers. The names listed are those people who, when signing up to Galaxy Zoo, gave permission for their names to be published. There are a lot of names, including some funny ones. It's worth taking a look.

Giant Cloud of Antimatter Explained

Giant Cloud of Antimatter Explained

Jan 14

I always wondered where they get all the antimatter to power the starships in Star Trek. Maybe they get it from the centre of the galaxy. New results from NASA's INTEGRAL spacecraft, which tracks gamma ray emissions, may have explained the origin of the cloyd of antimatter that seems to be hanging around the centre of the Milky Way, our galaxy. Originally discovered in the 1970s, the giant...